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the former mayor, kwame kilpatrick was accused of a lot of wrongdoings and tricked voters for votingor him again and cost the city $8.4 million in the process. $8.4 million in the struggling city. so, that, to me, is just one example of us being stupid. he was a crook and we elected him anyway and he ended up costing us $8 million. another example. was about the governor of arizona who clearly had some conflict of interest to push thissismgration bill through and then he found out during the campaign that she actually had close ties to the private prisons. her campaign was for private prison companies. they still pushed it through and the voters elected her anyway, despite that conflict. so, to me, these two examples. there's a whole across history where we as voters see what's wrong and see the blatant injustices that are happening because our politicians and elect them anyway. >> so, what's your solution, my friend? >> we can start with picking up a book, books are good. not necessarily see everything off of television like right now or the internet from bloggers or who know what s